Rose Gottemoeller: “It will provide ongoing transparency and predictability regarding the world's two largest nuclear arsenals.”

We are seeing new and enduring pressures on the nonproliferation regime, pressures that threaten global stability.

This treaty imposes no constraint on U.S. efforts to modernize its nuclear enterprise.

The treaty is a continuation of the international arms control and nonproliferation framework that the United States has worked hard to foster and strengthen for the last 50 years.

If Russia were to choose to violate the treaty's limits, it would not be able to achieve militarily significant advantage by cheating or breakout under New START.